Intravitreal pegaptanib sodium for refractory pseudophakic macular oedema

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1180-1182

  Cervera, E ^a   Diaz Llopis, M ^a,b   Udaondo, P ^a   Garcia Delpech, S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; PEGAPTANIB; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 52149119910     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.2     Document Type: Article

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